Annette Schavan

German politician · Germany · On the map · Politicians · Born 1955 · age 71

Annette Schavan is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Federal Minister of Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2013, when she resigned following the revocation of her doctorate due to plagiarism.

Annette Schavan is read about 102 times a day, in 24 languages.

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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2018Honorary Doctorate at the University of Rome Tor VergataAward2014Honorary Doctor of the University of LübeckAward2013Abraham Geiger PrizeAward2011Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of JerusalemAward2010Honorary Doctor of the Tongji UniversityAward2009Honorary doctorate from the University of CairoAward2007Order of Merit of Baden-WürttembergAwardWinfried AwardAward2002Heinrich Brauns AwardAward1955Born10 June 1955

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Schavan in 2004

Awards

Honorary Doctorate at the University of Rome Tor Vergata2018

Honorary Doctor of the University of Lübeck2014

Abraham Geiger Prize2013

Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem2011

Honorary Doctor of the Tongji University2010

Honorary doctorate from the University of Cairo2009

Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg2007

Winfried Award2007

Heinrich Brauns Award2002

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

About this person

From 2014 until 2018 she served as the German Ambassador to the Holy See. From April 2018, she also briefly served as first German Ambassador to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

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Germany